Improvement in chairs



UNITED STATES HENRY S. HALE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHAIRS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 146,065. dated December 30, 1873 application filed November 2l, 1873.

or both, composed of thin elastic strips of Wood united to a backing of canvas or other suitable iiexible backing.

The wooden strips A are glued or otherwise cemented to and arranged closely together, but are preferably rounded at the edges, so that they may be self-accommodating With the canvas backing to the general curve of the chair seat or back to which they are applied, and so, that there shall be no sharp corners to incommode or Wear the clothing of the occupant of the chair. As illustrated in Eig. 2, in the plan view, Eig. 3, and enlarged section, Fig. 4, the combined material is used as a substitute for the usual cane net-Work, the seat-frame b being recessed at bothfront and back and sides, and a strip, d, being secured to the under side of the recessed portion, so as t0 form a continuous groove, a, for the reception and retention of the edges of the material, the latter tting loosely in the said groove, which thus simply confines it Without detracting from its elasticity.

I propose, in some instances, to re-enforce and strengthen the combined material by a strip or strips, e, of fabric or thin steel, extend ing beneath the same, and secured to the opposite sides of the seat-frame,`as shown in the enlarged sectional vieiv, Fig. 5.

In applying the material to the backs of chairs, I intend, in some cases, to adopt the same planas that described in connection with the seat, and in other instances `to adapt the ends only of the strips A to grooves in the fra-ine.

The enlarged sectional view, Fig. 6, illustrates another method of securing the mate-` rial to a chair-seat, Athe interior of the latter, which is supposed to be circular in the present instance, being recessed to form a shoulder,f,.

upon which rests a thick strip ofrubber, li. The rubber sustains and imparts additional elasticity tothe material, which is secured by extending a portion of the canvas behind the rubber, and fastening the Whole by nails i.

The combined material, being iiexible, isespecially applicable to the backs and seatspof folding chairs, and to camp chairs or stools, as shown in Fig. 7. ItV may also be used for settees, and for the seats of street-cars, 85e.

An orn amental appearance may be imparted to the material by securin g strips of light and dark Woods alternately to the canvas backing.

I claim as my invention- A chair with the frame of which is combined` a seat or back, or both, consisting of4 Wooden strips united to a canvas backing, all as set forth.

In testiinonywvhereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresenceof two subscribing Witnesses.

HENRY S. HALE. Witnesses:

WM. A. STEEL, Y

J. SHEEEOENE SINGER. n 

